Painter-Skilled

Location:

Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States

Date:
Jul 23, 2026

Req

Team: 27 Paint

Entity:
Ingalls Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position:
No

Full-Time

Shift: Multiple

Relocation:
No relocation assistance available

Virtual/Telework Opportunity:
No
- Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement:
No

With more than 11,000 employees, HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years, we've designed, built and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, we're simultaneously building four classes of ships and have pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced, highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades.

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Do you have the skill and attention to detail required to apply marine coatings that protect America's most advanced naval vessels?

As an Ingalls Painter
- Skilled, you are part of a specialized coatings team responsible for blasting and painting ship structures to exact contract requirements. Your work ensures proper surface preparation, accurate coating thickness, and long-lasting protection - craftsmanship essential to every vessel we build.

If you're ready to bring your blasting and painting expertise to a world‑class level, a rewarding career at Ingalls Shipbuilding - "America's Shipyard" and Mississippi's largest private employer - is waiting.

• Earn up to $35.99 per hour
• Additional opportunities for overtime, training, and long-term advancement.

• Perform blasting and painting using marine coatings to meet specified contract requirements.
• Understand and follow blasting and painting specifications, including blast profiles, millage requirements, and coating procedures.
• Prepare surfaces and apply coatings using spray equipment, rollers, or brushes as directed by supervision.
• Use blasting equipment, surface-prep tools, and coating application tools safely and effectively.
• Support ship construction in diverse environments and be available to work any shift in a 24/7 manufacturing operation.

Painters protect ship structures from corrosion, harsh marine environments, and daily operational wear. Your craftsmanship ensures the reliability, performance, and longevity of vessels that serve and defend our nation across the globe.

• The ability to perform blasting and painting with marine coatings to specification
• The skills to meet blast profiles, millage requirements, and coating standards
• Ability to work safely and effectively in complex shipyard environments
• Strong commitment to precision, protection, and teamwork

• Requires a minimum 3 or more years experience as a painter/blaster.

• Must be able to perform all blast requirements and functions utilizing all applications.
• Identify and correct blast and paint deficiencies as required by the contract specifications. Testing will consist of the ability to hook up airlines to the manifold and spray horizontal, vertical and side to side.
• Able to sand blast and demonstrate how to utilize each part of the blast equipment.

We build the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. HII's diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration…